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rvise-rs Parmi No. 74,514, dated Februari/ 1.8, 186s.

' IMPROVED emiten-HOLDER.

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TO. ALL WHOM IT'MAY CYONCERN:

Beit known thatl, F.V'D'AVIDG,-of New York county, in the State of Newl York, havenventefl' certain new and useful Improved Blower-Holdeljend I do hereby declare that the following isa. fnl'l andiexact description thereof, reference'beinghad to lthe accompanying drawings,'making part of this'application. -A

Myl invention 'relates vtoire/*new article ofmnnuiactnrefwhich designate a. 'blower-holder. The need of some convenient and eiehtivemeans of handling thepordinary b lowefsch as is .used on grates, has long been felt by the public, andV to 'this want Ais the object of my invention, which consists in a cla`mping-devihce or jaws, provided with suitablehandles, by means of which the handle of an ordinnry grate-blower may be effect'-l uallyand readily gripedto conveniently remove said blower, whfen'hot, from the grate;- and lmy'invention further, Vconeistsin providing such-a device or apparatus with a screen or shield, which eii'ectually protects the hand 'i" the person using it fromY any heat from the blower, as will bepres'ently more fullylexplained. Y

Toenable those skilled inthe art to make and use my invention, Ifwillpro'ceedto describe more particularly vo ne'of mybloweirholders, referring by let'ters tothe aceoinpanyingldrawings,,in whichl .Figure 1 is'a topview, and l i f i Figure 2 a side elevation' ofthe implement or utensil. In 'the sei/'eral' {igur'eslthe'same parts are designated by the same lettersrof reference. v

Y A A and B B arei'onr arms similarly shaped and arranged in pairs'pon eachendot` the cross-bar C, inY

sucha manner thet, nhile"two, B and B', are rigidly connected to said bar, the other two, A and A, are free to turn thereupon,- (asillustrated the redlines', iig-.1.) d d are two hand-pieces which conneetthe 'armsB Bf -andA A', as 4clearly 'shoivfmande is a spring so Vnrranged'uponA the crossbar C asV to automatically effect the distensin or opening'ro'ut of the jaws or armsA B, 3ro'. These arroser-'jaws are formedY at their gripingends with'serrations, as shoivn 'atfin order that they may niore'securely gripe the handle of a blower. `l g is a sheetmetal-or other suitable shield, which may be' secured to one'set' of therarms, (or to thecross-barCQ and is so arranged as to come betweenthe hand of a person when grpi'ng the'handles'd ai', and the blower (or other hot' utensil) being lifted, to protect' the-han`d from any heat which vmight radinte from the blower with sucient intensity tozbnrn `o r be unpleasant.. vrlhe arms A AHB B may, vof course, be veried in formand proportions to suit the taste and judgment of the manufacturer, and they, as well as the other parts, maybe made of any suitable-:ind desirable materiels, and may, ifdeemed expedient, beornamented in any known way.

I-do not proposeto limit my claim of invention'to the design ofthe implement,-nor to` any of the details of construction, the gist of my invention restingV in the idea ofthe gripingfjaws, and suitably-formed and arranged hand-pieces, the whole ad'aptedto conveniently take-hold of amordinary blower-handle, and in the use, 4in connec'tion with such an implement, of a screen or shield, for protectingthe-hamdof the personusingthe implement lfrom the'klieat of theblower or other litensilwhich it maybe desired to handle.

It may be'fou'nd expedient. to varythe shape of the serrated'jaws, or to dispense with the serra-tions, l'tnd theapparatus or ,implement lmay befound'usefill for liftingA the vlcovers of' heated vessels, or` cooking-utensil v handles/so shaped that theymay be. griped and held bytsuch an implement'as thatshown and described.;

' need-not-remarknpon the advantages-of the implement, since lnimmst everyone Will-'ateneo see iteiiiitilrity and great'convenience.' It' may be made extremely orhainentail, vif deemed expedient, .and ma apart ofthe re'place. furniture, and placed upon every hearth where a grate is used.

Havingifully explained'my new article of manufactureor new implement, ,what-L claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v Y i i `An mplementor apparatus composedof two sets of gripingfjaws and'suitable hand-pieces, the wholecon y be employed as etructed'tooperate substantially in the 'mannerfdescribei for the purposes set forth. 4 l .'alsoclaim the shield 'g in ,combination with the pivoted griping-jaws and'handpieces, the whole arranged l to operate as described, for the purpose set forth. i l I "Intestimonywhereof, Ihavehereunto setimy hand and seal, this.25th'day ofNovember, 1867. i

Y Y i J. B. F. DAVID-GE. [1.. sl Witnesses: o

' H.- Ausfrminnxn, 1 JABEZ S'. HOLMES. 

